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World Hotels - Patricia Wells' Trattoria: Simple and Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy
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List Price: $18.95
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Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5945
EAN: 9780060936525
ISBN: 0060936525
Label: William Morrow Cookbooks
Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Release Date: 2001-10-16
Studio: William Morrow Cookbooks
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Whether it's a bustling eatery in the heart of Florence or a tiny alcove tucked away on a side street in Venice, the trattoria is where Italians go for robust flavors, great friendship, and good times. Patricia Wells' Trattoria now feeds America's passion for Italian food with 150 authentic recipes. Savor a Fresh Artichoke Omelet, succulent Lamb Braised in White Wine, Garlic, and Hot Peppers, a hearty portion of Lasagne with Basil, Garlic, and Tomato Sauce, or a luscious Fragrant Orange and Lemon Cake, and much more. This essential cookbook of Italian trattorias presents a full range of homemade recipes for antipasti, soups, dried and fresh pastas, polenta, seafood, poultry, and meat, with special chapters on breads, pizzas, and desserts. Come explore the heart and soul of Italian cooking in Patricia Wells' Trattoria.
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Summary: Patricia Wells' Trattoria
Comment: This is an excellent, clear, easy to follow collection of Italian recipes. Every process has a reason and thorough instructions. In the first week, I created three lovely meals from this book. Fresh flavors for our meals! Wonderful!
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Summary: Good but not great
Comment: There is certainly nothing wrong with this book. The recipes are simple enough, produce generally good results and the instructions are clear. It isn't too chatty and most of the pages are dedicated to actual food and cooking. So as I said there is nothing wrong with this book.
Unfortunatly there is nothing really great about it either. All the recipes are fairly basic and don't bring anything new to the table. Non of the recipies offer any sort of new or interesting ideas or variations, so if you already own a couple of books on Italian cooking you probably already have all the recipes covered in this book. Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking for example covers everything this book covers and more.
So if you only want one book of Italian recipes and you want simple recipes with easy to follow instructions, then this one is certainly as good a choice as any. If however you already own a good book on Italian cooking (like Hazan's book) then this book probably has nothing new to offer you.
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Summary: Different but interesting
Comment: This is a different type of cookbook than those I have had before. There are some very healthy and simple recipes here.
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Summary: Patricia Wells Does It Again
Comment: I thought of Patricia Wells as being primarily an expert on French cuisine, but this cookbook proves me wrong. The recipes are simple, but elegant. I have prepared the baked risotto with asparagus and spinach for several different guests, and they have all run out to buy this book.
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Summary: All you need is this book and a lace curtain in the window
Comment: I have been cooking with 'Bistro', Patricia Wells' book of simple French recipes, for several decades now. I have recently been converted to her 'Paris Cookbook'. So what stopped me from buying her book of Italian trattoria cooking?
Two words: Marcella Hazan.
I am addicted to Hazan's 'Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking'. It's clear. It produces restaurant-quality meals that take only modest effort. And "fancy" is the last thing it is.
I thought I just didn't need another Italian cookbook.
But now, fourteen years after it was first published, "Trattoria" --- a bargain at $13 --- is finally in the house. And, more to the point, in the kitchen. And I am chastened.
You want simple? This is it. Easy? Forget about it. Organized? Buying the book could be the last time you'll ever need to think about an Italian menu.
Why? Because the fact is, you really don't want rich and fancy. You want a trattoria --- an uncomplicated, modestly decorated, family-run establishment featuring traditional regional fare. You drink the house wine. You tend to order whatever special is being pushed. And you are likely to leave satisfied though not sated.
Patricia Wells recreates that experience here.
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